Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1 portrait of Richard Brinsley Sheridan
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
by Edward Scriven, published by J.B. Bell, published by J. Decamp, after Unknown artist
stipple engraving, published 1 November 1807
9 in. x 5 3/4 in. (229 mm x 146 mm) paper size
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D46106
Sitterback to top
- Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Dramatist and parliamentary orator. Sitter associated with 168 portraits.
Artistsback to top
- J.B. Bell & Co (active 1807), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 2 portraits.
- J. Decamp (active 1807), Publisher. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
- Edward Scriven (1775-1841), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 214 portraits.
- Unknown artist, Artist. Artist or producer associated with 6578 portraits.
Events of 1807back to top
Current affairs
Act is passed abolishing the British slave trade after vigorous campaigning by hundreds of thousands of people led by Thomas Clarkson and championed in parliament by reformer William Wilberforce.Resignation of 'Ministry of all the Talents'. Whig politician William Henry Cavendish Bentinck, Duke of Portland, succeeds as Prime Minister.
Art and science
Thomas Hope publishes Household Furniture and Interior Decoration; influential in promoting Greek and especially Egyptian models as the epitome of fashionable style.International
French invasion of Spain and Portugal.Britain occupies Copenhagen and captures the Danish fleet.
Napoleon begins to wage an economic battle against Britain, recognising the impossibility of victory at sea because of Britain's superior naval power. He aims to close the entire European coastline to British trade.
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